It’s been a whirlwind of a week around here, and we’re so very grateful—grateful for every single one of you who boughtSavor, who posted a photo, who wrote a review: thank you, thank you, thank you!

I am absolutely overwhelmed by God’s goodness and your kindness this week. There’ve been lots of happy tears this week, and I’m so grateful for you.

As a way of saying thank you and I love you and you’re such lovely people, we’ve got a secret video for you: my super-talented brother-in-law runs a film company, and we shot some videos together in my kitchen earlier this year. The first one is ready, and we’re so happy to share it with you.

All you have to do to get the password to the video is sign up for Shauna Mail below. Most people, when you sign up for their email list, say something like, “I promise not to fill up your inbox with emails every five seconds.” I feel like, based on my blogging track record, that’s not something you have to worry about with me. I can’t even promise I’ll send Shauna Mail once a month, although I’ll try, in the vaguest of ways.

What I will do: I’ll keep you posted on inside scoop stuff, like when you can pre-order a book before anyone else, or I’ll post videos or pdfs you won’t be able to get anywhere else.

I’d love for you to sign up today so you can peek at the video Eric made—it’s a recipe demo of one of my all-time favorite recipes, and also a story about a tradition that my friends have built around that recipe. And if you signed up before, please sign up again? This time, I really will send out emails, instead of just asking you to sign up and then doing nothing with all your names, like a weirdo.

This time, I’m on it. Promise.

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One more thing, for local pals: I’d love to see you tomorrow at LifeWay in Wheaton at noon—I’ll read, I’ll sign books, and there will be cake…see you there?

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